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1890-1899
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Real Estate Tax Assessments”.
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Rebecca Groundage Howard (c. 1829 – July 1881) was a prominent African-American businesswoman in the early years of the Pacific Northwest.
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Rebecca Hurt Lester was an entrepreneur, clubwoman and civic leader in Nashville, Tennessee. She served as treasurer of the Tennessee Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. She was appointed to the Davidson County Colored Women division of the Council of…
September 8, 1819
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis handwritten, single page document is a receipt given to Mr. Robert Hord for meals served at the Farmers Hotel. The receipt itemizes "5 dinners, servants' dinners, and 3 horses fed." The receipt is dated September 8, 1819. The document is written in…
July 1, 1870
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA receipt dated July 1, 1870 for $0.50 paid to the building fund of the "Sabbath School Monumental Mansion, for the Soldiers' Orphans' Home at Xenia, O" by David Spears. The receipt is printed in black ink on light brown paper and completed by hand in…
November 24, 1950
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGReceipt for payment signed by Ray Charles, singer early in his career when he was only 20 years old. The receipt states that Ray Charles Robinson received from Swing Time Record Company payment of $82.50 for a recording session at Universal Studios on…
1782
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGRevolutionary War payment receipt owned by Jack Little, a soldier from the 2nd Company, 4th Regiment of the Connecticut Line, in the Continental Army. The receipt is printed on yellowed paper with black ink. It has a printed border with the words “FOR THE…
September 18, 1817
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA receipt written by Th. Matthews for the payment by Mr. Edward Rouzee of the amount of twenty (20) dollars for "his purchase of Ned at the sale of Henry [illegible] Estate." A one-page, single-sided document of handwritten black ink on paper. The paper is…
August 7, 1852
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA receipt for the sale of the enslaved woman, Milly, age 28, and her four children (Susan, 12; Henry, 10; Harriet, 6; and Nancy, 4) by Sarah McClelland to T.B. Hickman for $400. This bill of sale is handwritten in brown/black ink on white paper. The bill…
February 28, 1919
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGReceipt for ten dollars from Lucille Brown, signed by Annie Malone for a diploma for Ida Miller Kennedy. In the upper right corner is the number "51" printed in blue. In the upper left corner is a blank for the amount listed, which is filled in with ink…
January 1808
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis half size, single page, double-sided handwritten document is a payment receipt received from Apphia Rouzee, executrix of Richard Rouzee, for "the carriage of two familyes [sic] of negroes to Culpepper." The document is dated January 1808. A second…
August 19, 1856
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGReceipt for the sale of an enslaved boy named John, dated 1856. The document has been handwritten in brown iron gall ink on off-white laid rag paper. The document reads: [Receive of S.G. Boyden / Seven hundred & twelve dollars / & fifty cents for a Negro…
January 14, 1853
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA receipt for an enslaved man named "Old Man Sam" and his enslaved wife, Lucy, for $504.00, dated January 14, 1853. The sale was made by slave traders Pulliam & Davis of Richmond, Virginia on the behalf of Stapleton C. Sneed of Nelson County, Virginia. The…
1757-1758
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Receipt from Mr. Phillipe Freeman to Dr. Abiah Holbrook” (Text).
1981
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCustomer copy from carbon form for Photo Supply LTD in Greenville. The date is marked "11-12-1981" and it is signed by H.C. Anderson.
1943
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA printed receipt with graphite inscriptions given to the Wayman Chapel A.M.E. Church. The receipt is from the city of Princeton and is for the sale of bushels of an unidentified grain.
1799
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Receipt: Goods were Shipped...by Dutton and Ferriday of Liverpool in ship The William + Jane...bound for Boston” (Text).
1821
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Receipt: Mr. H. Lingley To Government Customs…in Providence” (Text).
1781
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA receipt of pay for Revolutionary War soldier Edward Carter. Consisting of a printed form on a small square rag paper and completed by hand, this document certifies Carter’s receipt of payment for military services rendered and based out of the Town of…
1833
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Receipt: Ship Anne in Bristol R.I. written by Wm. H. D'Wolf Agent” (Text).
March 1, 1937
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA receipt dated March 1, 1937 for $150.00 signed by Fats Waller. The receipt has pre-printed fields that are filled in with handwriting. A stamp on the right of the front is a circle that has text that reads: [Levitt and Lorentz Accountants].The back of…
1941-1994
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA metal receipt spindle with a dark base and silver spindle from Mae's Millinery Shop. The base is hexagonal, with six (6) circular perforations around the top and a cast floral decorative design on each side.
Aug. 1, 1932
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Receipt to Mrs. A. D. Lindsey, Dr. Florist” (Text).
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Receipts to Thomas Vernon from W. Greene Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island” (Text).
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